WATCH: Missouri Firefighters Training On Frozen Lake Rescue Teens
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.
Mary...
Florida High Court Refuses DeSantis Request On Redistricting
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court told Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman's district is uncons...
House Panel Probes Trump Presidential Records Found In Fla.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is investigating whether former President Donald Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, after boxes of presidential records were discovere...
How Supply Chain Issues Are Crushing Hotels — And Your Stay
For many, supply chain issues mean something like the grocery store is out of oat milk, so you’re stuck with soy instead. For hotels — an industry already hit hard by the COVID-19 ...
Tesla Recalls More Vehicles As US Agency Increases Scrutiny
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 579,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestr...
Israeli Study: Antibodies Perform Best After COVID Infection, Not Vaccine
Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after previous infection and...
Long-Term US Mortgage Rates Hit 3.69%, Highest In 2 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped last week to their highest level in more than two years, potentially bumping some homebuyers out of the market with A...
US Inflation Jumped 7.5% In The Past Year, A 40-year High
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’...
5 Orthodox New Yorkers Sign On To A Lawsuit Challenging The City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
Five Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers have joined a suit challenging the city’s vaccine requirements for indoor spaces.
Two of the plaintiffs are rabbis at yeshivas. The suit, filed...
NY Clamps Down On Businesses Offering Marijuana As A ‘Gift’
NEW YORK (AP) — While New York works on launching a legal market for recreational marijuana, some entrepreneurs have jumped into a legal gray area by saying they're not selling pot...
Feds Say No Taxpayer Money For Safer Drug-Smoking Pipes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit d...
Capitol Police Denies Baseless Claim Its Officers Spy On GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, U.S. Capitol Police officers are facing increasingly heated and baseless allegations from House Republicans that the departm...
Samsung Unveils New Phones As Premium Market Share Shrinks
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Samsung is trying to reclaim lost ground in the coveted high end of the smartphone market with a new lineup of Galaxy S models designed to appeal to consum...
New York Lets Broad Mask Mandate Expire, But Not In Schools
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, but will keep...
Hummus In Space? Joint Israeli-NASA Project Aims To Help Astronauts Grow Chickpeas In Zero Gravity
Like most Israelis, Yonatan Winetraub loves hummus, and its protein-packed base legume: the chickpea.
But unlike most, Winetraub also has the ability to send chickpeas into spac...
BDE: 23-Year-Old Boro Park Chasan Dies Less Than A Month From Wedding To Nickolsburg Rebbe’s Granddaughter
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 23-year-old Yaakov Yitzchak Grosinger tragically succumbed, apparently to COVID-19 complications on Wednesday after being hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID...
HORROR: Two Young Sisters Go Missing After Family Rejects Gerrer Chassidus
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Two sisters, ages 17 and 14, have been missing from their homes for the past week.
According to the girls’ family, the disappearance occurred after the par...
Apple Says iPhone To Accept Tap-To-Pay Without More Hardware
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple said Tuesday it is expanding the iPhone's capabilities to accept contactless payments, making it easier for merchants to conduct tap-to-pay transactions witho...
Outrage After “Sickening” Teacher Makes Students Perform Nazi Salute
ALABAMA (VINnews) — A disturbing image has surfaced of a High School instructor teaching students about the Nazi salute, and allegedly having them perform the vicious gesture while...
US General Says Russia Turmoil Could Spill To Middle East
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army general tapped to take over as top U.S. commander in the Middle East warned senators Tuesday that if Russian invades Ukraine, as many fear, it could crea...